Mastodawn

On November 23rd we had our last fossil sorting session of 2025! It was a great haul, with plenty of unusual specimens.

1 - Fish Barb - Vaclav Marsovsky
2 - Multituberculate molar - @eric
3 - Amphibian(?) Vertebra - Jolinda Botha
4 - Rodent Incisor and Molar, Lizard Jaw Fragment - Matthew Rhodes

Our sessions are going to start up again in 2026 - check out https://albertapaleo.org/events/fossilsorting for more details!

#palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #microfossils #fish #multituberculate #teeth

American Naturaliﬆ May 16, 2023

Congratulations to Lucas Weaver et al. for 2023 ASN Presidential Award winner “#Multituberculate #Mammals Show Evidence of a #LifeHistoryStrategy Similar to That of #Placentals, Not #Marsupials”!

Announcement: https://www.amnat.org/announcements/Presidential-Award-2023.html

Article: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/720410

2023 ASN Presidential Award

The Presidential Award is chosen by the President of the American Society of Naturalists from all of the papers published in The American Naturalist during the preceding calendar year. The winner of the award for 2023 is <a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/720410">“Multituberculate Mammals Show Evidence of a Life History Strategy Similar to That of Placentals, Not Marsupials”</a> by Lucas Weaver, Henry Fulghum, David Grossnickle, William Brightly, Zoe Kulik, Gregory Wilson Mantilla, and Megan Whitney. Congratulations!

Anne Weil Jan 18, 2023

I just submitted my ICVM abstract about a #multituberculate and it was like pulling my heart out through my nose because I've always thought of this species as the muskrat of the Late #Cretaceous but it turns out probably not.😢😭😭
I swear, giving up this idea is worse than my pet dying. Of course he was 12 and this fantasy creature of mine was like 22, so.